6.5 miles
Distance
2,106 ft
Climb
-1,397 ft
Descent
01:31:42
Avg time
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Sharkstooth Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Transfer Recreation Area
    Mancos, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Alpine Trail
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #77944 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #4283 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    25 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in Trail Running
    • 80 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    USFS Dolores Ranger District

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Sharkstooth is a 7 mile less popular double black diamond singletrack alpine trail located near Mancos Colorado. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating. On average it takes 1 hour31 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Sharkstooth mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    709 ft
  • Altitude min
    10,922 ft
  • Altitude max
    11,942 ft
  • Altitude start
    10,922 ft
  • Altitude end
    11,631 ft
  • Grade
    2.1%
  • Grade max
    -68.9%
  • Grade min
    62.6%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,228 ft
  • Avg time
    01:31:42
  • Avg reverse time
    02:48:37
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on Oct 25, 2021
Snow Covered
Avg: 3.86 (2 votes)
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      Sharkstooth Trail Reports

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      Oct 25, 2021 @ 4:56pm
      Oct 25, 2021
      		 About 10 inches of snow at the trailhead.
      Aug 9, 2021 @ 2:46pm
      Aug 9, 2021
      		 Massive amount of trail maintenance has been done this year, several of the problem areas have been corrected.
      Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:22am
      Jun 18, 2021
      		 Trees cut out, couple snow patches.
      May 10, 2020 @ 2:58pm
      May 10, 2020
      		 reporter
      Aug 14, 2019 @ 7:02am
      Aug 14, 2019
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      • Last: Jul 14, 2024

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